Assistant Utilities Consultant

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

As a Assistant Utilities Consultant, you will play a key role in supporting the successful delivery of utilities infrastructure projects across real estate, infrastructure, and data centre sectors. Working under the guidance of senior consultants, you will assist with project coordination, design and cost analysis, procurement support, and technical reporting while developing your professional and technical skills in a collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in interpreting client utility requirements and reviewing scheme drawings.
• Support procurement and coordination of utility provider quotations and designs.
• Review utility proposals to identify risks, constraints, and opportunities for savings.
• Assist with the preparation of feasibility assessments and load calculations.
• Support project reporting, meeting minutes, trackers, and communication records.
• Coordinate utility works and liaise with contractors, clients, and consultants.
• Support tender processes, cost assessments, and contract administration (NEC/JCT).
• Maintain accurate project data and assist with digital cost database updates.
• Attend meetings and contribute to the coordination of multi-utility strategies.
• Identify opportunities to improve internal systems and client delivery.

Skills & Attributes

• Strong organisational and analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Confident communicator, able to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders.
• Eagerness to learn and develop within a professional consultancy environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); exposure to GIS or CAD desirable.
• Interest in sustainability, digital innovation, and cost management in the utilities sector.

Career Development

• Structured mentoring and training to progress toward Utilities Consultant roles.
• Exposure to diverse client projects, frameworks, and digital delivery tools.
• Opportunity to develop commercial, technical, and project management skills within a market-leading consultancy.

Qualifications

• Degree or HND in a relevant technical, engineering, or construction discipline (preferred but not essential).
• Previous experience in utilities coordination, engineering, or project support advantageous.
• Willingness to work toward a professional qualification (e.g., RICS, ICE, IET).

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable. It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e‑mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees.